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Chinese Government provides SCR 52.4 million grant for Phase 3 of Corgate Housing Project (Linked to Record ID#73585 and ID#73584)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$4,129,527
Commitment Year•2012Country of Activity•SeychellesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•SeychellesSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2012
Start (actual)
Jun 30, 2017
End (actual)
Aug 6, 2020

Geospatial footprint

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This project involved the construction of housing units in the Corgate community within Mont Fleuri District. Mont Fleuri is an administrative district of Seychelles with its main part located on the island of Mahé. It also includes the six islands of the Sainte Anne Marine National Park and two islets further east. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/313988130#map=15/-4.6404/55.4658

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Seychelles

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Seychelles

Private Sector

  • Shenyang Engineering Supervision Consulting Company

State-owned companies

  • China Architecture Northeast Design Institute
  • Huachang International Economic and Technical Corporation in Jiangxi Province

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides SCR 52.4 million grant for Phase 3 of Corgate Housing Project (Linked to Record ID#73585 and ID#73584)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On February 26, 2015, the Chinese Government and the Government of Seychelles signed an exchange of letters related to Phase 3 of the Corgate Housing Project. China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) was the source of funding and it committed approximately SCR 52.4 million in total. The purpose of the Corgate Housing Project was to completely rebuild 157 outdated housing units (that were torn down) and further increase the capacity of the Corgate Housing estate to a total of 191 units (through the construction of of four blocks of 32 affordable housing units with three bedrooms each). Phase 1 (captured in Record ID#73584) involved the construction of 13 housing units and it was completed in 2008. Phase 2 (captured in Record ID#73585) involved the construction of 20 housing units and it was nearly complete as of 2015. Phase 3 (captured in Record ID#55616). involved the construction of construction of four blocks of 32 affordable housing units (with three bedrooms each) in the Corgate community within Mont Fleuri District. Phase 3 construction began on June 30, 2017 , but an official groundbreaking ceremony did not take place until July 13, 2017. China Architecture Northeast Design Institute and Shenyang Engineering Supervision Consulting were the contractors responsible for project design. Huashan International Engineering (also known as Top International Engineering Corporation) was the contractor responsible for project implementation. During a site visit in April 2018, the Seychellois Housing Minister said 16 units should have been completed by June 2018 and all the demolition was scheduled to end in December 2019. Then, on July 7, 2018, the project passed an on-site MOFCOM inspection. MOFCOM conducted another on-site inspection on September 23, 2019. Phase 3 was ultimately completed and handed over to the Government of Seychelles on August 6, 2020.

Staff comments

This project is also known as the Seychelles Residence Project and Phase 3 of the Corgate Estate Residence Project or Phase 3 of the Corgate Estate Redevelopment Project. The Chinese project title is 塞舌尔住房项目一期 or 塞柯盖特住房项目 or 我援塞柯盖特住房项目 or 塞舌尔住房项目. The Government of Seychelles’ PSIP 2018 Budget report indicates the Chinese Government provided SCR 52,412,000 of grant funding for this project, of which SCR 25,422,000 would be disbursed in 2018 and SCR 26,991,000 would be disbursed 2019. AidData relies on these grant commitment amounts because they are more recent than the grant commitment amounts listed in the Government of Seychelles’ PPBB Statements from 2016 and its Budget Strategy & Outlook 2017 report. A supplemental agreement on Phase 3 of the Corgate Housing Project was signed on January 19, 2018, but a separate project record has not been created because the agreements seems to be related to logistical issues (delays, acreage, scheduling) instead of additional financing (see: 22/1/2018 Embassy article, 3/2/2017 State House press release).